UPDATE: Fri Nite 10th/Linden Murder Victim Is 23 Yr Old Long Beach Man; Shooting Is Near Southern End of St. Mary Medical Center

(May 5, 4:30 p.m.) -- LBPD has identified the victim in Friday night's murder (May 3) in the area of 10th St./Linden Ave. (near southern end of St. Mary Medical Center area) as Brian Johnson Dailey, 23, of Long Beach.

LBPD says in a release that arriving officers found Mr. Dailey had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso. LBPD says it is investigating what took place as gang related and its investigating remains ongoing.

Red X's = murders 2011 to date; Blue X's = non-fatal shootings (of which we became aware) Aug. 2, 2011 to date. Cumulated data for context.

Long Beach has had two murders within the first three days in May. The City had at least seven murders in April (six shootings plus 1 arson attack allegedly by a homeless person), but the April total is eight if one counts a man whose body was found in a burned vehicle in Rancho Palos Verdes; LASD says he was murdered in Long Beach.

By our calculation, Long Beach has had at least 20 murders in 2013 to date...and 21 if one includes the Long Beach man LASD says was murdered in Long Beach, whose body was found in a burned vehicle in Rancho Palos Verdes. Long Beach had 30 murders for all of 2012. In 2011, LB reported 25 murders [26 after the LA County Coroner's Office ruled a 2011 undetermined death as a murder in 2012]...with 31 in 2010, and 40 in 2009 and 2008.

LBPD asks anyone with information about what took place to contact Homicide Detectives Mark McGuire and Greg Krabbe at (562) 570-7244. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or text TIPLA plus your tip to 274637 (CRIMES) or visit www.LACrimeStoppers.org.

(May 4, 2013, 8:10 p.m.) -- LBPD Public Information Officer Marlene Arrona tells LBREPORT.com that the victim of Friday night's (May 3) shooting in the area of 10th St./Linden Ave (basically steps from the southern end of St. Mary Medical Center) has succumbed to his injuries.

(May 4, 2013, 3:55 a.m.) -- A shooting occurred on Friday night (May 3) in the area of 10th St./Linden Ave...near the southern end of the St. Mary Medical Center complex.

In preliminary information, LBPD Public Information Officer Marlene Arrona says that at about 10:15 p.m., officers were dispatched to a "shots" call in the area of 10th St/Linden Ave...and arriving officers found a male (appears to be an adult) who sustained a gunshot wound.

The victim was transported to a hospital with what appered to be a non-life-threatening injury...and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.